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Walter Raleigh

Born

Hayes Barton, Devon, England

Died

October 29, 1618

Genre

Poetry, Exploration, History

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Sir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (c.1552 - 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer.

Raleigh was born to a Protestant family in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. Little is known for certain of his early life, though he spent some time in Ireland, in Killua Castle, Clonmellon, County Westmeath, taking part in the suppression of rebellions and participating in two infamous massacres at Rathlin Island and Smerwick, later becoming a landlord of lands confiscated from the Irish. He rose rapidly in Queen Elizabeth I's favour, being knighted in 1585, and was involved in the early English colonisation of the New World in Virginia under a royal patent. In 1591 he secretly married Elizabeth Throck ...more

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	The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd 4.08 avg rating — 126 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh: Collected and Authenticated with Those of Sir Henry Wotton and Other Courtly Poets from 1540 To 1650 by Walter Raleigh, J. Hannah (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1951 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lie 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sir Walter Raleigh: Complete Poetical Works 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Writings by Walter Raleigh, Gerald Hammond (Contributor) 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ocean to Cynthia 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Historie of the World. In five bookes by Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1614 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The last Fight of 'The Revenge' at sea under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Grenville on the 10-11th of September 1591. Described by Sir Walter Raleigh, November 1591. Gervase Markham 1595., and Jan Huygen Linschoten by Walter Raleigh, Gervase Markham, Edward Arber (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1895 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Discovery of Guiana and the Journal of the Second Voyage Thereto 2.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Poetry Collection 021 (Librivox Short Poetry, #21) by Walter Raleigh, Ernest Lawrence Thayer (Contributor), William Wordsworth (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But Love is a durable fire
in the mind ever burning
Never sick, never old, never dead
From itself, never turning.”
― Sir Walter Raleigh

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“The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.”
― Sir Walter Raleigh

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“What is our life? A play of passion.
Our mirth the music of division.
Our mother's wombs the tyring houses be,
Where we are drest for this short Comedy.
Heaven the judicious sharp spectator is,
That sits and marks still who doth act amiss,
Our graves that hide us from the searching sun,
Are like drawn curtains when the play is done.
Thus march we playing to our latest rest,
Only we die in earnest, that's no jest.”
― Walter Raleigh

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